Structural factors and black interracial homicide: A new examination of the causal process

Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 647-672

  Wadsworth, Tim ^a   Kubrin, Charis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Homicide; Interracial violence; Macro structural opportunity; Racial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644236901     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00532.x     Document Type: Article

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